Adjustable lamp-support for motor-vehicles



R. A. FRISBIE. ADJUSTABLE LAMP SUPPORT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES. APPLICATIONFILED AUG.I6, 1919.

1,339,449. Patented May 11, 1920.

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1 UNITED T E 'RAY A. rmsnmor nnwronx, it. Y., assren'oa To GENERALmorons CORPORATION,

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ADJUSTABLE LAMP-SUPPORT FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES.

T0 all whom; it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAY citizen of the United States, and resident ofNew York, New York county, State of New York, have-invented certain newand useful Improvements in Adjustable Lamp-Sup-' ports forMotor-Vehicles, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to lamps designed for use with automobiles, motortrucks and similar self-propelled vehicles, and particu-' larly to meansfor supporting a lamp from the fender or other portion of theautomobile; andthe principal object thereof is to provide improved lampsupporting means or a lamp supporting bracket, which, in connection witha lamp having a spherical body will permit universal adjustment ofthelamp in a convenient manner; thereby providing for adjusting the samewith a minimum of effort'on the part of the operator, so that the raysor beam of light will be properly projected upon the roadway along whichthe vehicle is moving.

A further ob'ect' of "my' invention is to provide means or adjustablysupporting a lamp which will .be simple in construction and easy tomanipulate to secure the requiredadjustment of the lamp, and which atthe-same time will be of such a form and construction as may be readilymanufactured at a minimum of expense and by approved manufacturingprocesses. 7

My invention is illustrated in its preferred form in the drawingaccompanying and forming a part of this specification;

' although it will be appreciated that the inventionis capable ofmodification, within r the scope of the concluding claims, and that 7 40the same includes all such variations and modifications of thepreferredsembodiment thereof illustrated as come within the scope of theclaims wherein the 'distinguishin features thereof are particularlypointe out.

In the drawing accompanying and formin a part of this SPBCIlfiCZttlOIl?igure 1 is a view showing my improved lamp supporting bracket and a lampsupported thereby as seen from a position in front thereof looking intothe lamp casing, .certain. parts of the lamp being broken away in partto better show features of internal construction. I

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view showing. a

. Specification of Letters Patent.

the line II II, ig. 1,'the plane bein per-' pendicular to the portion ofthe whereby the lamp is supported.

ender I Patented May 11, 1920. Application filed August 16, 1919.Sci-12.1110. 317,95al 7 section ofthe lamp supporting bracket and parts.of the lam upon a plane indicated byin substantially one-half of thevehicle, and

ig. is a view illustrating the lamp and supportlng bracket as it appearsfrom a position to the rear of the lamp, or from the position occupiedby the driver of the vehicle.

Referring now to the drawing, the reference numeral 5 designates theportion of the front wheel fepder of the vehicle which extends upwardand outward from the frame thereof and supports the wheel protectingportion proper ofthe fender from the vehicle, and to which portion ofthe fender the bracket which supports the lamp in accordance with myinvention is secured; from iwhich it follows that the base or main bodyportion of the bracket extends at an angle from the portion of thefender to which it is secured, as best shown in Figs. 1, 3 and'4,becauselof the inclined osition of the portion of the fender to whlch itis secured.

' This bracket is secured to the portion of .thefender whereupon it issupported in any way, as by means of bolts 6 extending through the lowerwall of the base thereof,

and through a channel iron stifiening memher or brace 7 of the fenderstructure, as

clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The lamp used in connection with m mvention is formed with or includes aamp body or casing 8 which is substantially spherical in form, and isprovided with an elongated slot indicated y the reference numeral 9.Within this spherical body portion OfxthB lamp is located the ordinaryincandescent lampbulb or other source of 'light, and the lamp isprovided with the usual reflector 10 secured in place within andextendin rearwardl from the open front end of t e lamp bo y in anysuitable way. The lamp body. is provided with the usual door indicatedby the reference numeral 1,1,..and with a glass 12, all as is usual inlamp construction; it being appreciated that my invention is in no wayconcerned with the details of construction of-the lamp further than thatit shall include a'body portion or casing of curved or substantiallyspherical form.

The bracket whereby the lamp body is supported is indicated by thereference numeral 13, and the same comprises a body portion extendingupwardly from the fender structure, as above pointed out, together witha lamp supporting portion or plate 14 at the upper end of the bodyortion and arranged at an angle thereto. portion or supporting plate ofthe bracket is substantially circular in outline, as illustrated, andthe same is concave in form or dished so as to conform approximately incurvature with the curved and approximately spherical peripheral surfaceof the lamp body or casing which fits within the said supportingportion; the portions of the lamp body and of the supporting plate beingin contact with one another throughout the entire area of the plate, aswill be appreciated.

The area of the supporting plate 14 is quite small as compared with theentire area of the body portion of the lamp, and contacts with a portiononly of the lamp casing upon the under side and at the rear thereo orbetween the front and rear portions of the lamp body, as will beappreciated from Fi s. 2 and 4 of the drawing.

he inclined or angularly disposed supporting portion or plate 14 of thesupporting bracket 13 is provided with a centrally located projection orboss 15 formed, preferably, by pressing a portion of the wall of thesaid plate outwardly from the main body portion thereof, and which bossis provided with a central hole through which a securing bolt 16 wherebythe lamp body is secured to the bracket extends; and. the bracket as awhole may be formed'from cast metal, or

suitable pressing or die shaping operations,

or otherwise, according to the choice or manufacturing equipment of theuser of the invention in each particular case.

Located within the body portion or casing 8 of the lamp is a reinforcingplate 17 concave or dished in form and curved so that it will conformsubstantially with the curvature of the inner surface of the wall orcasing, and which reinforcing plate is preferably permanently securedtothe inner surface of the wall of the casing, but which may be loosetherein or unsecured to the casing if desired. This reinforcing plate isprovided with a slot 18' corresponding approximately in form and len hwith the slot 9 in the lamp casing; an portions of the wall of the saidreinforcing plate are out free therefrom along three sides, and thenstruck up and bent over toward one another, to thereby provide retaininglugs 19 which extend parallel with the elongated slots 9 and 17 andwhich overlie the head 20 his inclined inserted into the slot in thereinforcing 'plate, or after the bolt has been passed through the slotsin both the reinforcing plate and in the body portion if'thereinforcingplate is permanently secured to the body portion of the lamp.

In view of the premises it will be appreciated that the securing bolt 16will be permanently held in place relative to the reinforcing plate andto the lamp body or casing, so that the bolt will not become separatedfrom the lamp structure inadjustin the same relative to the bracketwhere y it is supported, or even should the lamp be entirely removedfrom the bracket.

Furthermore, the diameter of the plate 14 which serves as the immediatesupport for the lamp body or casing is such that its periphery lies wellbeyond the ends of the slot 9, so that the ends of the said slot willnot be uncovered or exposed as the result of any ordinary shifting ofthe lamp body to secure a proper projection of the beam of lightemanating from the lamp.

The fact that the meeting surfaces of the.

body with which said plate contacts correspond in curvature one with theother provides an adjustable support for the lamp in which the lamp canbe moved angularly in all directions, and in effect about a centralpoint of support, by simply loosening the nut of the bolt whereby thelamp is held in place; thus providing for the adjustment of the lamp inall directions, and in such a manner that the beam of light projectedtherefrom may be made to fall properly in front of the vehicle and uponthe roadway to be traveled.

Having thus described and explained my invention, I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

- 1. In an adjustable support for automobile lamps and in combinationwith a lamp body or casing substantially spherical in form and having anelongated slot in its wall, a

supporting bracket having an inclined or beneath and retained in placeby sai retaining lugs and which bolt extends through the slots aforesaidand through a hole provided in said boss to thereby secure said lampbody in place and to said bracket.

2. In an adjustable support for automobile lamps and in combination witha lamp body or casing substantially spherical in form and having anelongated slot in its wall, a supporting bracket having a supportingportion or plate substantially circular in outline and a centrallydisposed projection or boss, and which supporting portion is concave inform and corresponds in curvature with the curvature of the sphericalwall of the lamp body; a reinforcing plate substantially spherical inform located within said lamp body and having an elongated slot adaptedto register with the slot in said casing, and having also two retaininglugs extending from the inner surface of said plate toward said slotsand toward one another; and a bolt the head of which lies beneath and isheld in place by said lugs, and which bolt extends through the slotsaforesaid and through a hole pro vided in said boss to thereby securesaid lamp body in place and to said bracket.

3. In an adjustable support for automobile lamps and in combination witha lamp body or casing substantially spherical in form and having anopening in its wall, a supporting bracket having a supporting portion orplate and a centrally disposed projection or boss, and which supportingportion is concave in form and corresponds in l curvature with thecurvature of the spheri cal wall of the lamp body; a reinforcing platecurved in form to correspond with the curvature of the interior of saidlamp body, and which plate is located within said lamp body and isprovided with an opening which registers with the opening) i2 saidcasing; a bolt extending through the openings aforesaid and through anopening provided in the supporting portion or plate of said bracket, andwhereby said lamp body may be secured to said bracket;

and a lug carried by said reinforcing plate and adapted to overlie thehead of said bolt to thereby retain the same in place.

4. In an adjustable support for automobile lamps and in combination witha lamp body or casing substantially spherical in form and'having anopening in its wall, a supporting bracket havin a supporting portion orplate concave in orm and corresponding in curvature with the curvatureof the spherical wall of the lamp body; a reinforcing plate curved inform to correspond with the curvature of the interior of said lamp body,and which plate is located within said lamp body and is provided with anopening which registers with the openin in said casing; a bolt extendingthroug both said openings and through an opening provided in thesupporting portion or plate of said bracket to thereby secure said lampto said bracket; and lugs upon the inner surface of said reinforcingplate and adjacent the opening therein, and which lugs overlie the headof said securing bolt to thereby hold the same in place.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

RAY A. FRISBIE.

